Caroline Knapp's book was such an eye opener, and she said so many things that I could relate to.
It is really easy to selectively forget the bad times and problems. That's why urge surfing was a tremendous help to me. To think things through all the way to the likely conclusion was like dumping a bucket of ice water on the AV that lives to party. Usually I would think it through about as far as "okay, I caved, do I want vodka or rum? I'll really focus on Monday and start with a clean slate".